We experience these hurricanes regularly, but this one is just annoying. Why now? Grrrrr. I digress.
Once a Hurricane enters the gulf, the Gulf of Mexico, it is anybody's guess where it will make landfall. We find ourselves checking all sorts of weather pages on the Internet, waiting for updates from the weather channel, or interruptions to regular programming from our local stations. Anything. Any information that we can use, we are after.
I found a site several years ago that is the best at collecting all the information that is available and then some. The gentleman who runs the page is from New England, and he posts a discussion on tropical developments, all summer long. He makes sense. He is accurate. And he posts some of the most beautiful maps I have ever seen. I am such a color junkie, that I like to go over and look at the maps and - ooh la la - I just enjoy looking., They don't make a lick of sense, but they are beautiful.
If you are here with me along the Gulf Coast, and you want some in depth information, do yourself a favor and bookmark that page. You'll really appreciate the quick access to weather news you can use. And if you aren't here with me, you might want to check out of the webcams he has posted - just to get a peek at what might be happening in the path of a storm. Cool stuff. Useful stuff. Especially now, when we are biting our nails - again.
Dedra - Here's hoping IDA was a small windbag and didn't cause extensive damage in your area. She's up here now and dumping ccopious amounts of rain. I'm ready for her departure.